Shot in and around Oakland, California in the 1930s by an unidentified family. Shows passenger railroad trains in and around Oakland; Oakland Airport; family activities around Lake Merritt; and a trip in a small plane, probably from Oakland Airport.
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Topics: Home movies, Oakland, California, Railroads (Passenger), transportation
12,187
12K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
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eye 12,187
favorite 7
comment 3
Baseball season opens in Oakland, California: April 2, 1918; auto parade through downtown streets and pregame warmup.
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Topics: San Francisco Bay Area: Baseball, San Francisco Bay Area: Oakland, Sports: Baseball
10,592
11K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Havens (Wickham)
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eye 10,592
favorite 7
comment 5
Real estate promotional film on Oakland, California and her sister cities made by Wickham Havens, a local developer.
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Topic: San Francisco Bay Area: Oakland
5,116
5.1K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Universal-International Newsreel
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favorite 15
comment 1
Oakland, Calif.: Women's rowing club on Lake Merritt. Newsreel story.
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Topics: Newsreels, Sports: Rowing, Sports: Women
6,729
6.7K
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eye 6,729
favorite 7
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VS trains on Key System viaduct around Transbay Terminal area F train along right-of-way in East Bay Scenes of Bay Area Electric Railroad Association Special (older yellow car) on East Bay streets North Berkeley tunnel (Shattuck-Solano) downtown Berkeley
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27,612
28K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Oakland Tribune-American
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favorite 51
comment 14
Astonishing film sponsored by a newspaper which held a contest for the most unusual dream and then made it into a short film. A woman dreams of losing her baby, rowing across San Francisco Bay and finding her child in an unusual place.
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Topics: San Francisco Bay Area: Oakland, Dreams, Surrealism
1,064
1.1K
Mar 22, 2014
03/14
by
Foltz, E. B.
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eye 1,064
favorite 4
comment 1
Pan over city of San Francisco shot from Twin Peaks, unsteady camera work San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge seen from below or water, not steady POV driving on Golden Gate Bridge people on platform getting onto Southern Pacific RR train, somewhere in California Fleischacker Zoo, San Francisco – bears and elephants, polar bears sea lions resting on buoy Santa Monica shoreline seen from ocean UCLA campus, one shot Forest Lawn Memorial Park Grand Canyon Colorado Rockies city parks of Denver...
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Home movies probably shot by the Pellegrini family of San Francisco, California. Scenes include family activities in and around San Francisco; the city of San Francisco coastline and waterfront; workers (probably Works Progress Administration workers) constructing sidewalks near Great Highway and Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco; a long shot looking over the Sunset District, which at that time was still mostly undeveloped sand dunes with a few areas of completed housing; scenes around the Santa...
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Topics: Home movies, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, WPA, fishing, U.S. Works Progress Administration, Sunset...
6,485
6.5K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Universal-International Newsreel
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eye 6,485
favorite 17
comment 2
National Rollerskating Championships get under way in Oakland Auditorium. Newsreel story.
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Topics: Newsreels, Sports: Rollerskating, Oakland, California
66,197
66K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
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eye 66,197
favorite 52
comment 9
Building the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
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Topics: Infrastructure: Bridges, San Francisco: Infrastructure, Occupations: Ironworkers
1,859
1.9K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Universal-International Newsreel
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eye 1,859
favorite 2
comment 2
Senator William Knowland (publisher, Oakland Tribune) announces candidacy in the Republican primary for Governor of California. Incumbent Governor Goodwin Knight accuses him of national ambition. Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, running unopposed for the Democratic nomination, sits in the sides quite satisfied with the situation as he finds it. Newsreel story.
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Topics: Newsreels, Political campaigns and elections: California, Knowland, William
2,015
2.0K
Sep 20, 2013
09/13
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
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eye 2,015
favorite 7
comment 1
CALIFORNIA BATHING BEAUTIES GO FROM SURF TO SNOW. GREAT GIRDERS NOW SPAN GOLDEN GATE. TRAILER AGE BEGINS. LOBSTER LABORATORY: INTIMATE LIFE OF LOBSTER. DOG DINNERS DE LUXE. Women (models) wearing swimsuits while at beach and throwing snowballs in mountains; Inauguration of Bay Bridge connecting Oakland and San Francisco, CA; Lifestyle in travel trailer park, automobiles pulling travel trailers; Lobster trapping in Maine (New England); Commercial kitchen preparing dog food for home delivery....
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7,694
7.7K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Palmer (W.A.) Films, Inc.
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eye 7,694
favorite 10
comment 3
Promotional film for the eastern San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda and part of Contra Costa counties) emphasizing its excellent weather, advanced infrastructure, and cultural and economic advantages.
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Topics: San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda County, San Francisco Bay Area: Industry, Weather
19,642
20K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
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Tradefilms, Inc.
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eye 19,642
favorite 15
comment 2
Innovations in aviation history and technology. Producer and director: Shirley Burden. Photography: Floyd Crosby, Al Wetzel.
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Topic: Aviation: History
11,364
11K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
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eye 11,364
favorite 13
comment 2
Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories.
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Topics: Car culture: Newsreels, Automobiles: Advertising
26,844
27K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Tradefilms, Inc.
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eye 26,844
favorite 28
comment 3
Innovations in aviation history and technology. Producer and director: Shirley Burden. Photography: Floyd Crosby, Al Wetzel.
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Topic: Aviation: History
Home movie showing travels to key U.S. tourist destinations, mostly by air.
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Topics: Amateur films, Tourism, Aviation: Commercial
14,500
15K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Kinograms
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eye 14,500
favorite 25
comment 3
Typical newsreel from the silent era, featuring Jack Dempsey, a balloon race, women dancing in chilly breezes, a juggler, and opium being confiscated and burned in Shanghai.
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Topics: Newsreels, China, Substance abuse: Drugs
17,210
17K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Universal-International Newsreel
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favorite 28
comment 5
Scenes at the brand-new, $2 million Kaiser Hospital somewhere in California. Newsreel story.
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Topics: Newsreels, Hospitals, Medicine: Pregnancy
